Art by bonny gregory

I am a printmaker.I am a painter.I am a third generation picture framer.

My father was an artist for over 40 years and framed all of his work.My grandfather was a picture framer before him.I grew up with the craft, and carved my first block at age 9.

Everything I do is by hand.In 2015, I left the Dark Ages and joined the 19th century, when I finallyacquired my very own Chandler & Price Printing Press from 1898 named Abigail.(Though I still prefer to use a wooden spoon sometimes.)

BONNY GREGORY

PRINTING PRESS

This is my beautiful girl. Her name is Abigail. She weighs about 2500 lbs of solid cast iron.

The thing on the left? That's her fly wheel. You push that to make the press open and close. The left just above the fly wheel pulls the platen closed. The circle on top is the ink disk where you guessed it - you plop the ink to print. Rollers and trucks move over the ink disk while she's moving to help roll the ink onto your block.

CUSTOM FRAMING

Custom framing literally means custom framing. If you couldn't already tell, I prefer to do things old school. When I custom frame, I do everything by hand. Every single piece of mat and stick of moulding and light of glass is carefully measured because custom framing is an art of precision. All of our materials are archival and acid free.

The photo on the left is what the back of your mat board looks like before we frame your picture. We've hand measured and drawn everything on the back so we know where to cut. Mats are cut on a bevel (angled) and we use a high quality linen tape to secure them in place.